Southwest Maine Fishing and Travel Report

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Fishing in Kezar Lake has changed again. I had been catching nice bass, both large- and smallmouths, off rock piles. Using Senkos, I got a couple on Sunday, then could not buy another one the rest of the week. I had rigged up a six-weight with a sink-tip line and tried that, too. The fly was getting down to the rocks, as evidenced by the number of times I got hung up. But no fish since Sunday out of Kezar. Moon phase? Water temperature? Operator error? It’s fishing- who knows?

Now THIS is a party barge.

Monday we did a touristy thing, a thing that when I was younger, stronger, and healthier I said I would never do. We drove to the top of Mt. Washington on the Auto Road. The weather was spectacular. We spent hours up there, just hanging out, enjoying the view. I wanted to walk over to Boott Spur but didn’t think I could make it back to my car, so I didn’t try.

Lakes of the Clouds.

I paddle fly-fished Farrington Pond on Thursday, starting at 0530 hours. I got two nice bass on a synthetic minnow in the first 15 minutes, hooked and lost another one a little while later, and got a chain pickerel much later. At 0930 I was back at the put-in. After pulling the boat out I cast a Senko off the dock a few times and got another beautiful fish, which I photographed. Nice getting a fish on the last cast!

Nice fish from Farrington Pond.

A detailed map of the Fryeburg area came into my possession (Maine information center). There were ponds marked on there I didn’t know about. Friday morning I tracked down three of them. At Bog Pond, three fish broke water during the short time I watched. The kayak is on the racks on my car- I’ll be visiting tomorrow morning.

At sunset, Kezar Lake.

Wow! LOTS of mosquitos (and odonates)! Dressed for it, the mossies were a minor problem (except my car is full of them now). Sunrise, as usual, was magnificent. Bass and pickerel fishing was good, although the fish ran small. Even got a crappie on my Ugly Bug, a first for me. And, even on Saturday, I owned the place, which I always like. A fine morning indeed!

Sunrise on Bog Pond.

This was a first for me.

That’s the Southwest Maine Fishing and Travel Report. Thanks for reading!

Every day is a blessing. Don’t waste it- Go fishing! Go paddling! Take a walk! Stay active!

John Kumiski
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